PARTRIDGE. 279 



One, thought to be the female, was mottled brown ; chin and 

 throat rufous ; sides of the neck below white, the feathers edged 

 with black ; breast plain ; beneath from the breast spotted black ; 

 sides and belly white, margined with black ; quills dark brown, 

 barred with dusky; tail pale brown ; legs pale yellow. 



Inhabits India. 



15— CURVE-BILLED PARTRIDGE. 



Tetrao curvirostris, Lin. Trans, xiii. 323. 



THIS is larger than the Common Partridge. The Bill is black, 

 the upper mandible arched, and much longer than the lower, often 

 forming a nail-like hook at the point; top of the head and neck dark 

 brown ; throat and cheeks rufous ; behind the eyes a naked space ; 

 irides orange; upper part of the breast bluish grey, or lead-colour, 

 which extends nearly round the neck ; the back, and upper part of 

 the wings are brown, variegated with black and grey, the shafts of 

 the feathers yellowish ; the lower part of the back, wing, and tail 

 feathers, dull yellowish, finely mottled with grey, and marked with 

 some black points ; abdomen light ferruginous, passing into white 

 behind ; legs whitish, or lead-coloured, armed with short, thick spurs. 



The female is a little smaller, and the young ones want the lead- 

 grey on the neck. 



Inhabits Sumatra, and called Lanting ; it comes near to the Gingi 

 Partridge, but is considered as a distinct species. — Sir T. S. Raffles. 



16.— PONDICHERRY PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix Ponticeriana, Ind. Orn. ii. 649. 

 Tetrao Ponticerianus, Gm. Lin. i. 760, 

 Francolin a Rabat, ou a gorge rousse, Temm. Pig. fy Gall. 8vo. iii. 332. 



